Door



Dec. 17, 1940. T. o. 'H. HERZOG I 2225,050

DOOR

Filed June 5. 1937 INVENTOR. 75 500095 0/6. flEPZO.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES A NT- --.FF1CE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to doors, and more particularly to a combination door which serves both as a screen door and as a glass closure or sash door.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a door of this class whereby a glass panel or sash at the inner side of the door, normally raised over a screened opening, may be swung downwardly, clear of the opening and temporarily fastened against the inside of the door below the opening, so that the door may be freely opened and closed in a normal manner.

Another important object of this invention is the provision of a very simple and economical door of this class.

A further object of this invention is the embodiment of a door of this class in a conventional panel door, by utilizing the panel space at the upper portion of the door for a screened opening and as a recess for the reception of a window sash.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a novel drain means in a door of this class to prevent rain, and the like, from passing to the inside of the door.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, I have devised a door structure having certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangementof parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the characters of reference thereon, which form a part of this application in which:

- Fig. 1 is an outside elevation of my door in its preferred form;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the upper part of the door taken from the inside, and showing the window closed over the window opening;

Fig. 3 is a similar view thereof but showing the window swung down clear of the opening;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation thereof, taken through 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the hinged mounting for the sash or window; and,

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view, taken through 6-45 of Fig. 3, showing the latch for holding the window in its downwardly swung position.

As illustrated in the drawing, my invention is embodied in a conventional panel door, comprising a frame having stiles I, a middle panel 2 and a lower panel 3. The space or opening A, at

the upper portion of the frame, is formed by omitting the upper panel. A transverse rail I, referred to hereafter as lock rail, separates the panel 2 from the opening A; and another rail l separates the two panels.

The panels are located in the panel openings, with the edges of the panels positioned in grooves or rabbets A surrounding the opening, and are held in place by and between the molding or ledges 4, surrounding the opening A at the outer 10 side of the door and molding 5 at the inner side of the door. The portion of the groove or rabbet at approximately the median plane of the door, at the bottom of the opening, is grooved deeper, as indicated by A than the bottom of the rabbet 15 at the inner side of the door to which the molding 5 is secured.

Over the opening A is a screen H which is secured at its edge to the inner side of the ledge or molding 4, and preferably by sheet metal straps l2 over the edge portion of the screen.

The molding 5, referred to above, is omitted at the opening A, leaving a larger rectangular opening or recess A for a window sash I3. This sash is hinged at its normally lower edge at the lower edge of the opening A. The hinge may be, what is called, a radia cabinet hinge, and consists of pairs of angle straps l4 and I5 pivotally connected at the ends of one leg of each member, the other legs of which are secured, respectively, to the inner edges of the stiles of the frame immediately above the rail lock I and to the outer sides or edges of the normally lower ends of the stiles of the sash l3.

The sash is rabbeted, at least, on its three free edges, so that the sash overlaps the edges of the portions forming the opening A, the main portion of the sash fitting within the rabbeted portion A of the opening.

The sash is held in its upright position over the opening by a bolt l6, and is held in its lower swung position, directly against the inside of the door, by a suitable catch [1, shown best in Fig. 6.

In the rail l are diagonal holes I c which extend from the deeper portion or groove A of the rabbet A to the lower edge of the rail l at the outside of the panel 2, as shown best in Fig. 4. These holes I provide extremely simple means to permit rain, or other water, to drain from the outside of the sash, when closed, and from the groove A at the bottom of the opening A, to the outside of the door.

Though I have shown and described a specific construction for carrying out my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the same, but desire to opening, and also to swing downwardly against the inner side of the door, and means for temporarily securing the sash in both swung positions, the edge of the sash being rabbeted at the inner side, thereby allowing the inner side of the sash to fit into the opening, and the extended edge of the sash to lap over the inner side of the door around the opening when the window sash is closed, and tightly against the inside face of the door below the opening when the sash is open.

THEODORE O. H. HERZOG. 

